ATP 3-92 Corps Operations FEF 23MAR2016KH - United …

1 ATP 3-92 Corps Operations APRIL 2016 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Headquarters, Department of the army This publication is available at army Knowledge Online ( ). To receive publishing updates, please subscribe at ATP 3-92 Distribution Restriction: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. i army Techniques Publication No. 3-92 Headquarters Department of the army Washington, DC, 7 April 2016 Corps Operations Contents Page INTRODUCTION ..ix Chapter 1 The Corps .. 1-1 Section I The Four Roles of the Corps Headquarters .. 1-1 Joint Task Force Headquarters.

2 1-2 Land Component Command Headquarters .. 1-2 ARFOR in Campaigns and Major Operations .. 1-3 Tactical Echelon in Large-Scale Combat Operations .. 1-3 Section II Subordinate Forces .. 1-3 Divisions .. 1-4 Field Artillery Brigade .. 1-4 Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade .. 1-4 Maneuver Enhancement Brigade .. 1-5 Other Supporting Commands and Forces .. 1-5 Section III Internal Organization of the Corps Headquarters .. 1-6 Command Group .. 1-7 The Corps Staff .. 1-9 Command Post Cells and Other Command Post Organizations .. 1-11 Early-Entry Command Post .. 1-12 Center .. 1-13 Section IV Corps Main Command Post .. 1-13 Coordinating, Special, and Personal Staff Officers.

3 1-15 Main Command Post Functional Cells .. 1-18 Main Command Post Integrating Cells .. 1-29 Section V Tactical Command Post .. 1-32 Section VI USAF, DA Civilians, and Other Augmentation .. 1-35 USAF Support to the Corps .. 1-35 DA Civilians .. 1-36 Contractors .. 1-36 Unified Action .. 1-36 Contents ii ATP 3-92 7 April 2016 Home Station Mission Command 1-37 Section VII Corps Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion .. 1-37 Battalion Command Group and Staff .. 1-37 Headquarters Support Company .. 1-38 Signal, Intelligence, and Sustainment Company .. 1-38 Long-Range Surveillance Company .. 1-38 Corps Reserve Component Operations Detachment.

4 1-39 Chapter 2 Corps Headquarters Operations .. 2-1 Support to Corps Headquarters .. 2-1 Command and Support Relationships .. 2-2 Mission Command .. 2-2 Battle Rhythm .. 2-8 Creating and Maintaining Shared Understanding .. 2-11 Command Programs .. 2-12 Chapter 3 Corps as a JTF .. 3-1 Section I Forming the Joint Task Force Headquarters .. 3-1 Joint Staff Organization .. 3-3 Staff Augmentation .. 3-7 Integration and Training .. 3-15 Section II Planning Joint Operations .. 3-17 Operational Art and Operational Design .. 3-17 army Design Methodology .. 3-18 Key JTF Planning Practices .. 3-18 Joint Planning Techniques .. 3-19 Section III Deployment or Redeployment.

5 3-20 Deployment and Redeployment Responsibilities .. 3-20 Deployment and Redeployment Planning .. 3-21 Predeployment and Pre-redeployment Activities .. 3-22 Movement .. 3-23 Reception, Staging, Onward Movement, and Integration .. 3-24 Coordinate Host-Nation Support .. 3-24 Section IV Employ .. 3-25 Command and Control .. 3-26 Intelligence .. 3-50 Fires .. 3-59 Sustainment .. 3-65 Protection .. 3-68 Section V Transition .. 3-70 Section VI Redeploy .. 3-71 Chapter 4 Land Component Command Operations .. 4-1 Section I Corps Headquarters as an LLC Headquarters .. 4-1 Command Relationships with the CJTF .. 4-2 Support Relationship with JTF Functional components.

6 4-2 Options for Organizing an LCC Headquarters .. 4-2 Forming the LCC Headquarters .. 4-3 Contents 7 April 2016 ATP 3-92 iii Section II Operational Movement and Maneuver .. 4-4 Conduct Operational Movement .. 4-5 Conduct Operational Maneuver and Force Positioning .. 4-8 Provide Operational 4-17 Provide Operational Countermobility .. 4-20 Control Operationally Significant Areas .. 4-23 Section III Operational Intelligence .. 4-23 Section IV Operational Fires .. 4-24 Synchronizing Joint Fires .. 4-25 Conducting Operational Targeting .. 4-32 Attacking Operational Targets .. 4-34 Countering Air and Missile Threats .. 4-36 Interdict Enemy Capabilities.

7 4-42 Assessing the Results of Employing Joint 4-43 Section V Operational Sustainment .. 4-45 Common User Logistics .. 4-46 Logistics Planning .. 4-46 Boards and Centers .. 4-46 Functions of the J-1 and J-4 .. 4-47 Section VI Operational Command and Control .. 4-47 Operational Command and Control 4-47 Integrate Information .. 4-49 Prepare Plans and Orders .. 4-49 Command Subordinate Forces .. 4-50 Coordinate Information Operations .. 4-51 Section VII Operational Protection .. 4-52 Chapter 5 The Corps Headquarters as an ARFOR Headquarters .. 5-1 Introduction to ARFOR .. 5-1 Corps Functions as the ARFOR .. 5-2 Chapter 6 The Corps as a Tactical Headquarters.

8 6-1 Section I Planning .. 6-1 Command and Staff Actions .. 6-1 Phasing a Corps Operation .. 6-2 Coordination and Control .. 6-2 Scope of the Corps Operations Plan or Order .. 6-3 Section II Corps Operations in an Established Theater .. 6-3 Organization .. 6-3 Command Relationship .. 6-4 Operational Considerations .. 6-4 Section III Corps Contingency Operations .. 6-11 Organization of a Corps Contingency Force .. 6-11 Operational Considerations .. 6-11 Section IV Corps Offensive-Focused Tasks .. 6-14 Offensive Tasks .. 6-14 Forms of Maneuver .. 6-16 Contents iv ATP 3-92 7 April 2016 Corps Reserve .. 6-18 Section V Corps Defensive-Focused Tasks.

9 6-18 Defensive Tasks .. 6-18 Defensive Planning .. 6-21 Section VI The Corps in Stability Focused Operations .. 6-23 Chapter 7 Special Topics .. 7-1 Section I Corps Signal Operations .. 7-1 Communications Capabilities .. 7-1 Communications Responsibilities .. 7-4 Section II Corps Cyberspace Operations .. 7-5 Section III Corps Airspace 7-7 Airspace Control Application .. 7-7 Corps Future Operations and Plans Integrating Cells .. 7-9 Corps Fires Cell .. 7-10 Corps Aviation Section .. 7-10 Section IV The Corps in Information Collection .. 7-10 Plan Requirements and Assess Collection .. 7-11 Task and Direct Collection .. 7-14 National Requests.

10 7-15 Deconfliction, Synchronization, and Prioritization .. 7-15 Information Collection Assets by Echelon .. 7-16 Section V Corps Fires .. 7-21 Fire Support .. 7-21 Field Artillery Brigade .. 7-23 Section VI United States Air Force Interface in Corps Operations .. 7-24 Section VII Corps Sustainment .. 7-24 Sustainment Warfighting Function Tasks .. 7-24 Principles of Sustainment .. 7-25 Corps Sustainment Organizations .. 7-25 Corps Sustainment .. 7-29 Section VIII Corps Security .. 7-38 Section IX Corps Special Technical Operations .. 7-38 STO Plans .. 7-39 STO Related Working Groups and Boards .. 7-39 GLOSSARY.